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Mario Draghi’s speech, the latest U.K. CPI readings and the FOMC meeting minutes, are high impact events likely to move the value of EUR, GBP and USD.

At 8:30am U.K. time, on Wednesday May 22nd, Mario Draghi, the President of the ECB, will deliver a speech in Frankfurt. The event is listed as high impact on the economic calendar due to the range of issues Mr. Draghi could cover in his address. Subjects such as: Eurozone GDP growth, inflation, monetary policy stimulus […]

Mario Draghi’s speech, the latest U.K. CPI readings and the FOMC meeting minutes, are high impact events likely to move the value of EUR, GBP and USD. Read More »

Chinese equity markets rise sharply, despite the publication of data which missed forecasts, German GDP missed annual growth target, Major FX pairs trade in tight ranges.

The Shanghai Composite and CSI indices closed up during Wednesday’s trading sessions, coming after the China-USA trade war and tariff rhetoric from America, was dialled down during Tuesday’s trading sessions. The Shanghai closed up 1.91% and the CSI up 2.25% as a consequence of the relief rally, despite certain trade metics for China missing forecasts.

Chinese equity markets rise sharply, despite the publication of data which missed forecasts, German GDP missed annual growth target, Major FX pairs trade in tight ranges. Read More »

FXCC’s XL account, voted “best FX trading account” by World Finance

Cyprus based FX broker FXCC, has recently been announced as the winner of an award, under the classification of; “best forex trading account”. Their specialist, premier account, termed their “XL account”, or ZERO fees account, offers their clients the opportunity of experiencing transparent, STP-ECN, trading facilities, whilst enjoying zero fees, on all the associated services.

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The latest GDP growth figure for the USA economy, could indicate a slowing, if the forecast is met

FX analysts and traders will concentrate their focus on the latest GDP figures for the USA economy, when the data is published at 12:30pm U.K. time, on Thursday March 28th. The general consensus reached, after news agencies such as Reuters and Bloomberg have polled their separate panel of economists, is for a fall to 2.4%

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Global recession fears rise, as bond yields invert and Asian equities slump

Asian equity markets sold off during the Sydney-Asian trading sessions, as global recession fears stalked markets in: Japan China and Australia. The Nikkei slumped by -3%, Shanghai Composite by -1.97% and the ASX 200 by -1.11%. This pattern followed a sell off, in European and USA equity markets, on Friday March 22nd, which saw up

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The latest GDP growth figures for: the U.K. France, Canada and the USA, are the outstanding high impact events, FX traders need to remain vigilant of this week

Monday’s significant calendar events begins the week with the latest IFO: business climate, expectations and current assessment sentiment readings, for the German economy. Coming so soon after the poor Markit PMI readings of Friday 22nd of March (for the Eurozone’s largest economy) missed the forecasts by some distance, the results will be carefully monitored when

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Focus will remain on the U.K. pound, during the trading week beginning March 10th, as three critical Brexit votes will be held in the U.K. parliament

The trading week ending March 8th, finished with a shock statistic; the latest NFP jobs data for February (from the USA’s BLS), revealed that only 20,000 jobs were created during the month. The main USA equity indices sold off on the news, capping a week of losses, with all sessions, from Monday to Friday, closing

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Focus will be on Mario Draghi on Thursday, when he delivers a statement regarding the ECB’s monetary policy, after the interest rate decision is revealed.

On Thursday January 25th, at 12:45pm U.K. (GMT) time, the Eurozone’s Central Bank the ECB, will announce their latest decision regarding the E.Z.’s interest rate. Shortly after (at 13:30pm), Mario Draghi, the president of the ECB, will hold a press conference in Frankfurt, to outline the reasons for the decision. He’ll also deliver a statement

Focus will be on Mario Draghi on Thursday, when he delivers a statement regarding the ECB’s monetary policy, after the interest rate decision is revealed. Read More »